Britain’s eight rowing teams have both scooped up medals today with the men bagging gold and the womens squad walking away with a toughly-fought bronze.
The British rowing squad have even more medals to add to their roster after Oliver Wynne-Griffith and Tom George secured silver in the men’s coxless pair final yesterday.
Sholto Carnegie, Rory Gibbs, Morgan Bolding, Jacob Dawson, Charlie Elwes, Tom Digby, James Rudkin, Tom Ford – with Harry Brightmore coxing – raced their way to victory this morning.
The Olympic winning group were all smiles as they took to the podium to celebrate their stunning win on the flatwater of the Vaires-sure Marne Nautical Stadium.
The Brits put on a sensational performance confidently snatching gold place as the Dutch nabbed silver, and the USA came in third place.
Britain’s eight rowing teams have both scooped up medal’s today with the men bagging gold and the womens squad walking away with a toughly-fought bronze
The Brits put on a sensational performance confidently snatching gold place as the Dutch nabbed silver, and the USA walked away with a bronze
Sholto Carnegie, Rory Gibbs, Morgan Bolding, Jacob Dawson, Charlie Elwes, Tom Digby, James Rudkin, Tom Ford – with Harry Brightmore coxing walked away with gold
‘I am still processing it to I don’t really believe it. It is such an overwhelming amount of adrenaline,’ rower Tom DIgby said post-race.
‘You just have to stick to Harry’s every word. He did an amazing job in that race and I didn’t care where we were I was just doing what I could.
‘You focus on his voice, focus on the feeling and then suddenly you are across the line it just all goes very quickly.’
This morning has also proved to be fruitful for women’s eight rowing team, who won a bronze at securing a seventh medal in the sport for Team GB in this year’s Olympics.
With Henry Fieldman coxing Roan McKellar, Holly Dunford, Emily Ford, Lauren Irwin, Eve Stewart, Hattie Taylor and Annie Campbell-Orde pulled their way to third place.
The race at the Vaires-sure Marne Nautical Stadium proved to be a tense race on the water this morning.
The British team were in fourth place for a large portion of the race however they managed to pull themselves back into contention for a medal placement in the final moments leading up to the finish line..
Favourites Romania made a dominant start and continued to maintained their strong lead.
The gold medal winning squad proudly waving the Union Jack on the podium following their sensational win today
Britain’ Tom Digby, Harry Brightmore, Charles Elwes, Rory Gibbs, James Rudkin, Tom Ford, Jacob Dawson, Morgan Bolding and Sholto Carnegie pose after winning gold
This morning has also proved to be fruitful for women’s eight rowing team won a bronze at securing a seventh medal in the sport for Team GB in Paris
With Henry Fieldman coxing Roan McKellar, Holly Dunford, Emily Ford, Lauren Irwin, Eve Stewart, Hattie Taylor and Annie Campbell-Orde pulled their way to third place.
Canada and the Brits kept in close of the pursuit throughout with the Romanians crossing the finish line only four seconds before Team GB.
The women were ecstatic as they took to the podium to receive their well-earned bronze medals.
The Croatians had been fourth but they bulldozed the final 1000m to climb to first, pipping Team GB on the line, while Switzerland came in third.
Canada and the Brits kept in close of the pursuit throughout with the Romanians crossing the finish line only four seconds before Team GB.
The medal in the event joins GB’s silver in Rio in 2016 and was redemption for their last place finish in Tokyo three years ago.
But Team GB held off and scooped up another medal in a sport they remain successful in, while Romania won by more than four seconds with Canada in second.
This comes shortly after Team GB missed out by a hair’s breadth in the men’s coxless pair final on Friday morning.
Oliver Wynne-Griffith and Tom George put forward their best efforts, pushing hard to established a lead over Romania after the first 1000m.
However, Croatian brothers Martin and Valent Sinkovic overtook them in the final 60 metres of the race after a relentless charge, leaving the Brits to settle for silver.
The medal in the event joins GB’s silver in Rio in 2016 and was redemption for their last place finish in Tokyo three years ago
Heidi Long, Rowan McKellar, Holly Dunford, Emily Ford, Lauren Irwin, Eve Stewart, Harriet Taylor, Annie Campbell-Orde, and Cox Henry Fieldman were all smiles with their bronze medals
Members of Team Britain celebrating bronze in the women’s eight rowing final at Olympics in Paris this morning
Great Britain’s Eve Stewart appearing emotional with her bronze medal won in the Women’s Eight Final at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium
With a time of 6:24:11, the British pair finished just 0.45s behind the iconic Croatian duo, who now have three Olympic golds and a silver between them.
The Croatians had been fourth but they bulldozed the final 1000m to climb to first, pipping Team GB on the line, while Switzerland came in third.
Wynne-Griffith and George were part of the GB men’s eight crew that won bronze at the Tokyo Olympics three years ago.
They switched to the men’s pair after taking a year out to study at Cambridge and compete in the Boat Race.
